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Smurfs: The Lost Village opens up in Movie Theaters on April 7th. The movie follows the success of the past movies. This one is an entirely new fully animated movie. Some of the voice actors/actresses are Ariel Winter, Michelle Rodriguez, Joe Manganiello, Julia Roberts, Mandy Patinkin, Ellie Kemper, Rainn Wilson, Demi Lovato, and many more.
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In this fully animated, all-new take on the Smurfs, a mysterious map sets Smurfette and her best friends Brainy, Clumsy, and Hefty on an exciting and thrilling race through the Forbidden Forest filled with magical creatures to find a mysterious lost village before the evil wizard Gargamel does. Embarking on a rollercoaster journey full of action and danger, the Smurfs are on a course that leads to the discovery of the biggest secret in Smurf history!
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The website is very clever and has an appealing feature which takes you from the forest to the village to inside a Smurf house. The website contains neat looking desktop backgrounds, mobile phone, iPads, and Social Media profile pictures and cover pictures that fans can download for FREE and use them. The website also contains recipes for marshroom houses, popsicles, smurfberry pie, and strawberry cake. It has coloring sheets, instructions on how to draw different Smurfs, quizzes, and games to enjoy. You can also purchase tickets to see the new movie!
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AHL Game Night: 11-15-13 Penguins at Crunch
Callups/blueline injuries help crush Crunch.
Riku Helenius allowed 5 goals on 27 shots for the loss in his first start back from injury.
First Period
WBS Despres, (3) (Mikkelson), 2:26
WBS Megna, (4) (Despres, Gibbons), 11:23
WBS Conner, (6) (Despres, Gibbons), 19:44 (PP)
Second Period
SYR Namestnikov, (8) (Kucherov, Cote), 7:29
WBS Kostopoulos, (5) (Harrington, Ebbett), 12:55
SYR Rankin, (5) (Paquette), 19:41
Third Period
WBS Gibbons, (6) (Conner, Zolnierczyk), 1:41
SYR Gauthier, (2) (Namestnikov), 10:38
Vladislav Namestnikov was the game's third star. It was kind of a perfect storm against Syracuse with Korobov up in Tampa and Taormina and Nesterov out, along with the top line auditioning a new winger with Brown up and Helenius possibly a little rusty in his first start back. Life in the minors. They'll build off the fact they won the final 40 minutes of the game 3-2. They face Albany tomorrow.
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|Environmental Accomplishments
- BARC's Ecology Committee & Beaverdam Creek Watershed Watch Group - February 2016
- BARC's Ecology Committee and the local citizen's environmental group BCWWG have begun their 8th year together monitoring stream water quality on BARC. We survey four times a year searching for invertebrates residing on the bottom of the stream. These benthic aquatic invertebrates are caught, identified and released. This is a good indicator of what life the stream supports and hence the stream's water quality; purity, turbidity and oxygen content. Maryland's DNR has an algorithm that crunches the numbers and displays the water quality based on the resulting Index of Biotic Integrity. Our data agrees with other studies in this immediate area showing that for the Washington DC metro area, this area of BARC has some of, if not the best water quality in its streams.
- BARC BioBus Environmental Research Highlights Tour - July 2012
- A half day tour of BARC's environmental research and other programs sponsored by BARC's Ecology Committee and an environmental citizens group from Greenbelt, MD, Beaverdam Creek Watershed Watch Group. Topics covered:
- BARC Environmental Land Management
- USDA-ARS Biofuels Research
- Organic Farming and Global Change Research
- Water Quality Research in the Choptank Watershed
- Fish Migration in Local Streams
- Compost Research, presented by Shannon Kondrad Ingram, pictured
- Stormwater Drain Stenciling Project - October 2010
- Employees from the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), local residents and Prince George's County Department of Natural Resources officials participated in the BARC Stormwater Committee's first annual "Storm Drain Stenciling Event" on October 13, 2010. This event was designed to promote the protection of our local waterways; the Anacostia watershed, and the Chesapeake Bay by applying durable adhesive stickers and painting the messages "Anacostia Watershed Don't Pollute" and "Don't Dump Chesapeake Bay Drainage" on storm drain inlet structures.
More on Stormwater Drain Stenciling
- Earth Day 2010 Stream Cleanup
- The BARC Ecology Committee worked with local watershed improvement volunteer groups to clean up Indian Creek as part of the Anacostia Watershed Society's Earth Day cleanup. The work was organized by Citizens to Conserve and Restore Indian Creek (CCRIC). Resources were donated by local businesses including Konterra and ATK. A huge amount of trash was removed including 250 tires.
- Field Day 2010
- The 100th Anniversary of BARC was celebrated in part by a Public Field Day with a historical theme. BARC's Ecology Committee, Glenn Welch pictured, presented a historical look at BARC's land and river acquisition. Here Glenn is showing some of our tadpole and insects to local children.
- Invasive Plant Species
- In cooperation with Maryland Department of Agriculture monitoring two sites for the effectiveness of the release of the mile-a-minute weevil (Rhinocominus latipes Korotyaev) to control the mile-a-minute invasive vine, Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross.
More information about Biological Control of mile-a-minute weed
The recently discovered invasive grass, wavyleaf basket grass is to date present at only one location on BARC and is being controlled.
More information about wavyleaf basketgrass
- Meadows
- 2010. While lawns appear attractive and require only standard mowing for maintenance, they do not support diverse wildlife such as insects and birds. Over time, lawns become compacted and unable to readily absorb rain water consequently, they contribute more to storm water runoff problems than meadows. To increase wildlife habitat, decrease storm water runoff, and decrease maintenance costs, BARC implemented a meadow project in 1993 where 34 meadows were established.
In the mid-Atlantic region, open areas (lawns or meadows) would naturally return to forest, with woody species invading over time; thus, meadows require maintenance besides occasional mowing. Periodically surveying established meadows and removing woody species on a timely basis will maintain grassy and herbaceous species in a meadow. Occasional replanting may be required to fill in areas that become void of cover.
In 2008 the BARC Ecology Committee evaluated the BARC meadows and selected three areas for additional maintenance and replanting to invigorate the meadows with more diversity. In late fall 2009 woody material was removed and in spring 2010 native herbaceous and grass plants were planted in the meadows. Species planted were: columbine, swamp milkweed, wild blue indigo, hyssop-leaved thoroughwort, wild bergamont, yarrow, black-eyed susan, big bluestem, little bluestem and indiangrass. Funding for this project was provided by BARC administration.
More information about EcoScaping
- Wildlife Monitoring
- Breeding populations of frogs are documented each spring and summer, this year (2009) two previously unknown populations of breeding wood frogs were located.
In cooperation with Beaverdam Creek Watershed Watch Group, benthic macro invertebrates (various insects, mollusks, arthropods, etc.) are surveyed 4 times per year by capture, ID and release methods. These organisms are biological indicators of water quality in the Beaverdam Creek watershed.
BARC has won a prestigious award in recognition of its leadership in nutrient management.
- Macro Invertebrate ID - October 2008
- Identification of fresh water benthic (bottom dwelling) macro invertebrates from our rivers and streams is a real world, hands-on application for determining water quality.
In the photo at right it is being demonstrated by Glenn Welch of BARC's Ecology Committee to students from Pinehurst Elementary School, Salisbury, MD.
- Closing the Circle
- The White House Closing the Circle (CTC) Awards recognizes Federal employees and their facilities for efforts which resulted in significant contributions to or have made a significant impact on the environment.
- Biobased Products
- BARC Environmental Management System
- BARC Biodiesel Demonstration
- Biobased Products
- BARC Hosts Tree Planting Event
- The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) has partnered with the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) to organize reforestation events in the Anacostia watershed.
- Anacostia Watershed and Chesapeake Bay Restoration
- The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) and the USDA, Agricultural Research Service's Beltsville Area signed an agreement to improve cooperation between the agencies on issues related to the restoration of the Anacostia Watershed and the Chesapeake Bay.
- River Herring Fish Transplantation Event
- On Saturday April 14th, 2007, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in partnership with the BARC, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Beaverdam Creek Watershed Watch Group and friends, co-sponsored an Anacostia Watershed River herring fish transplantation event. The purpose is to reintroduce anadromous fish species, such as alewife Herring, back into Beaverdam Creek subwatershed.
- ARS's Quest To Improve the Chesapeake Bay
- Several Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research groups are investigating ways to mitigate or prevent harm from farming practices. The scientists are working to improve phosphorus management; nitrogen efficiency; and manure composting, testing, and treatment to prevent movement of pollutants into the bay.
- Forest Partnership
- USDA Joins Partnership to Protect Rare Forest
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2006--The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) signed an agreement today with the state of Maryland and other adjacent landowners to protect a 25,660-acre East Coast natural area in the nation's capital region. The signing marks the formation of the Baltimore-Washington Partners for Forest Stewardship to develop a comprehensive Forest Stewardship Plan.
- WASHINGTON, Jan. 23, 2006--The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) signed an agreement today with the state of Maryland and other adjacent landowners to protect a 25,660-acre East Coast natural area in the nation's capital region. The signing marks the formation of the Baltimore-Washington Partners for Forest Stewardship to develop a comprehensive Forest Stewardship Plan.
- Chesapeake Research Pact
- On October 5th, 2005 at Chesapeake Bay Day, ARS/BARC signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP), and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Quality Program of the Land Grant Universities. This Agreement will enhance research coordination to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States.
- BARC Hosted Workshop on Bio-Based Products in Green Building
- The Use of Bio-based Products in Green Building Construction was held on June 10, 2005 at BARC. This workshop was convened by the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA), and it brought together individuals in the building trades with those from the bio-based products industry for a successful exchange of ideas and information.
- BARC Hosts Beaverdam Creek Watershed Education Workshop
- The Beaverdam Creek Watershed Education Workshop was held on October 1, 2005 at BARC. This workshop was convened by the Beaverdam Creek Watershed Watch Group and the Anacostia Watershed Citizen's Advisory Committee, in partnership with the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the Summit Fund of Washington. It provided an opportunity to learn more about the watershed and how you can get involved in the protection and restoration of this unique area.
According to Washington Metropolitan Council of Governments, Upper Beaverdam Creek, due to its generally healthy overall condition, was selected by the Maryland Department of the Environment as the reference Coastal Plain stream for the development of Maryland's Anacostia Sediment Total Maximum Daily Load.
- BARC Hosts Mid-Atlantic Composting and Compost Use Conference and Expo
- The Mid-Atlantic Composting and Compost Use Conference and Expo was held at BARC on September 21-23, 2005. The biennial event will include paper sessions and a trade show during the first two days and a tour of composting and compost use sites on the last day. This is a collaborative event planned by the Mid-Atlantic Composting Association (MACA) and extension and research faculty from mid-Atlantic region universities. Please visit www.midatlanticcompost.org
- ARS News and Events - ARS Center to Heat With Soy-Based Biodiesel
- WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2000--As the country faces a winter with tight supplies of home heating oil, some U.S. Department of Agriculture employees in Beltsville, Md., as well as nearby dairy cows, will stay warm this winter with biodiesel fuel.
BARC's fleet of 150 farm and road vehicles are using 'B20,' a 20-percent soy-based biodiesel/80-percent regular diesel mix.
- Precision Agriculture Forum
- Dr. Ron Korcak, Associate Director of BARC, moderated a Precision Agriculture Forum which is sponsored by The Nutrient Management Program, a cooperative effort between Maryland Cooperative Extension and the Maryland Department of Agriculture, on September 21, 2005 at the Patuxent National Wildlife Center in Laurel, Maryland. The objective was to understand the opportunities for and the obstacles to expansion of the use of precision agriculture in Maryland and the region, to better understand the different technicalities that relate to geo-spatial information, and to evaluate and show the benefits of the technology for farmers, crop production, and the environment.
- BARC and the Chesapeake Bay
- On July 13, 2005 Scientists from our Crop Systems & Global Change Laboratory discussed the potential use of crop simulation models, developed at BARC, to better predict effects of agricultural best management practices on reducing nitrogen and phosphorous impacts on water quality at a Chesapeake Bay Program Nutrient Subcommittee meeting; the meeting was hosted by BARC.
- U.S. National Arboretum Community Partnership Work Day
- On Thursday morning, August 8, 2005, over 25 arboretum staff members joined residents of the Langston Craver Terrace community for a major cleanup project along the southern boundary of the U.S. National Arboretum. This effort was part of a joint project involving the Executive Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia, local Advisory Neighborhood Commissions, the D.C. Department of Public Works, and local residents. This project will help upgrade and improve the neighborhood in the area of M Street in Northeast Washington, D.C. The work involves the removal of tons of numerous weed trees, shrubs, vines and illegally dumped trash and debris. The arboretum, the neighborhood, and the District of Columbia will continue to work together on this and future projects.
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Riparian Buffers
- A series of systematic studies of a riparian grass buffer zone by BARC scientists Dr. Jim Starr, Dr. Ali Sadeghi, and Dr. Yakov Pachepsky has shown that a specially designed field chamber has proven itself to be a good tool when used together with a computer model to evaluate how effectively riparian buffers filter out pollutants before they can reach streams or other bodies of water. After success with a prototype chamber in the laboratory, the scientists installed a field version of the chamber through which they were able to monitor the rates of lateral water flow and the loss of nitrate due to its breakdown by soil microbes. Scientists used the two-dimensional computer model HYDRUS-2D to simulate water flow and transport of chemicals within the riparian zone soil. The experimental chamber is essential for the accurate use of the growing number of computer models being developed to assess the effectiveness of riparian buffers.
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The rabbi was flabbergasted to hear that the city would require 33 off-street parking spaces before allowing his small flock to use a house as its meeting place. It made no difference that the modest 2,500 square-foot Colonial Revival sat on an uncrowded boulevard, or that complying would turn most of the property into a parking lot. Actual need was not even considered.
The rabbi's congregation (a composite of real cases) belongs to a type of close-knit religious community whose members seek the simplicity of a neighborhood parish and a respite from driving. Small houses of worship fit today's lean economy and are eco-friendly elements of self-sufficient communities. Operating out of homes and storefronts, they represent an assortment of persuasions and economic strata.
Given the negligible number of cars that the rabbi's meetings draw to the neighborhood, why the decree of 33 spaces?
In most cities, parking requirements are based on formulas that use building size or seats as a proxy for parking demand. In representing religious institutions, I find that the formulas are flawed and succeed only as stumbling blocks to a societal good.
To correct how the rule is applied to gatherings like the rabbi's would, in many cases, require no legislation. As city planners regularly do in the course of their work, all it would take is a logical interpretation of the code.
The parking formula we are talking about is for a stalwart category called "auditorium" or "assembly," which applies to places people gather. Pasadena, Long Beach and Glendale each use a single fixed formula for theaters, places of worship, and anything considered a public assembly. L.A.'s zoning code lumps together the following examples: theater, church, auditorium, stadium, "or other similar place of assembly." For all of these, does "church" mean a church of any size?
A Latin precept tells us to know a word by the words around it. For perspective, among these "assembly" examples, high school auditoriums can seat over a thousand; Long Beach's Terrace Theater, 3,000. Multiply that by 10 or 20 for sports stadiums. Judging by this company, when zoning codes say "church," they envision the large to massive variety. The formula was likely not intended for small gatherings.
Imposing "assembly" parking requirements harms small congregations. They must either provide unneeded parking or request relief. The latter is costly and uncertain, and lets opponents use parking as a pretext for other reasons they might not want a particular religious group around.
Abandoning the parking formula for these "house churches" would have no downside because they wouldn't go scot-free. While churches in residential neighborhoods are commonplace, new ones generally must undergo discretionary review. In deciding whether to approve them, city planners consider compatibility with surroundings, and typically impose restrictions, such as hours and noise. Parking can easily be included in this holistic review, with appropriate parking requirements placed as conditions of approval.
In the rabbi's case, we won approval for the congregation that required only four parking spaces. Had we been able to eliminate the variance procedure, it could have saved much expense, streamlined city staff time, and had the same result.
A tailored approach would also strengthen city decisions against lawsuits. Current use of formulas in these cases leaves cities vulnerable to claims that their parking requirements lack a rational basis. They may also violate a federal law governing zoning of religious institutions, which creates a high standard of justification for any regulation that burdens the free exercise of religion.
Let's stop applying unfair parking formulas to intimate neighborhood meeting places that benefit our lives.
Lloyd Pilchen is a land-use and municipal lawyer and member of the law firm CA Land Use Professionals. email@example.com


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The government isn't putting the fish on the endangered species list—even though most evidence suggests it should
When government PR folks want to limit media coverage of a decision, they commonly announce it late in the day after deadlines have passed for media outlets. If they really don't want us to know about something, they wait until as late as possible on a Friday.
That this news release came on a Friday before a long weekend tells you everything you know about how the officials at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) really feel about their recent announcement that bluefin tuna did not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act.
"Based on careful scientific review, we have decided the best way to ensure the long-term sustainability of bluefin tuna is through international cooperation and strong domestic fishery management," said Eric Schwaab, assistant NOAA administrator for NOAA's Fisheries Service.
One wonders what science they consulted. The Union for the Conservation of Nature, the world's oldest environmental network, has declared the Atlantic bluefin "critically endangered." In 2010, the United States delegation to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species apparently thought there was enough science to come out strongly to have bluefin listed on Appendix I, meaning that international trade would be banned. That effort was shot down by the intense lobbying efforts of Japan.
This time, there is no convenient international scapegoat.
Studies show that the western Atlantic bluefin population, which swims in American waters and falls under NOAA's jurisdiction, has fallen by more than 80 percent since 1970, according to the Center for Biological Diversity. Matters were made worse by last year's Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the breeding grounds for western Atlantic bluefin. According to some estimates, 20 percent of the tuna born there last year died. "The Obama administration turned a blind eye to the staggering declines of Atlantic bluefin tuna in recent years," said Catherine Kilduff, an attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, in a press release.
Instead of taking action, NOAA has said it wants to wait to make a decision until it analyzes the effects of the most recent catch limits set by the International Commission on the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT). Cynics claim&mdashlwith reason—that the organization's acronym should stand for the International Conspiracy to Catch All Tuna. That organization has overseen the drastic decline of tunas, and each year it persists in setting catch limits above what its own scientists say is necessary to stave off extinction.
Although NOAA failed to do what science and commonsense say it should have done, it did list bluefin as a "species of concern" under the Endangered Species Act. This places the species on a watch list for concerns about its status. NOAA also said it would review this decision by early 2013, "when more information will be available about the effects of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill, as well as a new stock assessment from the scientific arm of ICCAT."
One problem: Many scientists say that by 2013 it might be too late for the bluefin.
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I am quite a beginner at programming.. was given an assignment and don't understand how to complete the rest of it. I have tried for hours and hours and can't figure it out. I would greatly appreciate the assistance as to I have no clue what I am doing.
Write a program in Java that stores the following sequence that is comprised of only 'A','C','G', & 'T' characters: [ATGACATCTCTCCATACG]. The program should store the sequence both as a String and as a char[].
The program should accept two inputs from the user: -A single character with the only allowable values are either 'A','C','G', or 'T', and -An integer value that is greater than 0 and smaller than the length of the sequence.
Your program should then produce the following as output: -It prints a total count of the occurrences of the single character provided as input.
-It identifies the locations where the character entered by the user appears in the sequence at a location that is greater than or equal to the integer value provided as input by the user
-It generates a new list with the character entered by the user replaced by an asterisk ['*'] according to the previous requirement.
-Your program should provide two sets of methods to implement this functionality: one set dealing with the sequence as a char[] and the other set of methods dealing with the sentence as an instance of String.
-Your program should do the necessary checking on the values provided for the character and integer inputs to prevent the values provided by the user from getting your program to malfunction.
-You should provide as output test cases of your program for a user input corresponding to each of the four letters, naely: 'A','C','G', & 'T', and for two integer values: 0 and 4 - for a total of eight test cases.
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Why Slovakia May Not Support Europe's Bailout Plan
Slovakia is set to vote today on the European bailout plan and may well become a holdout. As my colleague David Boaz noted yesterday, this is due to Slovakia's libertarian speaker of the house, Richard Sulik, who spoke at a Cato Institute conference in Bratislava last year, and who opposes bailouts of Greece and other EU countries based on sound ethical, political, and economic reasoning. Greece is already bankrupt and a bailout will only add to the country's debt; an EU "rescue" will continue to create moral hazard, thus encouraging bad policies by reckless governments; relatively poorer and better behaved Slovakia should not be forced to support the irresponsible governments of richer European countries; the EU's response to the Greek debt crisis has led to blatant violations of EU and European Central Bank rules, thus undermining democratic principles and the EU itself; the scare stories of not approving the bailout should not be believed; the best solution is for Greece is to declare bankruptcy once and for all.
In this document by his Freedom and Solidarity Party, Richard Sulik lays out his party's opposition to the bailout fund. It is consistent with the views of other leading scholars including that of John Cochrane of the University of Chicago (and a Cato adjunct scholar) as expressed in his recent Wall Street Journal op‐ed on how to save the Euro.
Sulik has tapped into popular sentiment among Europeans about the "democracy deficit," or huge gap between the designs of Europe's ruling elites and the desires of the region's citizens. The widespread (and accurate) perception of Eurocrats imposing their agenda on Europe to the benefit of their cronies (e.g., big business, labor unions, and politicians in power) and at the expense of the majority is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore. The Slovak government, which supports the bailout, may well fall on account of this vote, but the prime minister has already indicated that the vote on the bailout fund will be held repeatedly until it is approved. (No doubt there will be little possibility of a repeat vote repealing the bill.)
On a related note, a new Finnish think tank, Libera, provides more evidence that Europeans are rethinking big government. It published a study today which reassesses the record of the Swedish welfare state and praises the numerous market reforms that country has introduced out of necessity since the 1990s.


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It's Just Like the Hunger Games: An Academic Conference
by Carina on Feb.06, 2013
Some rogue academics are planning an academic conference surrounding The Hunger Games trilogy. Here is the program:
The Hunger Games as a Micro/Macro-Cosm of the Hungarian Doctor in Celine's Oeuvre as Interpreted by Kristeva; or, Stephanie Drops Her Port
Poetness is to Humanness as Katniss is to Huntress: The Melting Pot of the Artist-Subject Identity through the Lens of 21st Century Hyper-Sci-Fi Psychoanalytic Theory-Objects(–?)
Dispatching Letters Via Corporeal Hand: Aggressive Articulation in Major Modern Metropolises and the Arena
Mountain Lion Bull-Dyke Dogs: Certain Confluences between Lesbians and Mac Hardware (Also, Is Apple in the Hunger Games? And, if so, are Apple products heroes or maidens in Walt Disney/Pixar's Wall-E? — Does Judith Butler have an apple in her mouth?)
St. Rue: Certain Meeting Points between Ethnic Death, Racial Polarity, and Songs–The Subjective Spiderweb of Homi Baba and Jean Genet
Brattiness, Braids, and Barthes: The Fashion System as a Hegemonic Suppressor (Liberator?) in the Arena and In the Districts (1-12)
Who's Afraid to Apply the Death Drive to the Hunger Games?: George, Martha, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Lindsey Lohan, Kate Durbin, and Tracey Letts
Berries, Snow, Roses, and Flowers in General as Symbols of Women and Older Men: Abject Masculinity as it Corresponds to the Correlation between Multiple Suicides in Pairs of Genius Husbands
External Symptoms of Male Feminism in Peeta and Gale: the Disavowal of Women's Liberation in Paradigmatic Economic Matrices/Theses/Suppositions as Embodied by Katniss Everdeen and Sylvia Plath's "The Colossus"– Daddy Issues; Patriarchal Projections Emitting from Robert Lowell and Ted Hughes
Soullessness: The Absence of Classical Greek Thought in Jennifer Lawrence's Rendition of Heteronormative Heroines in Archetypal Contemporary Post-Experimental Apocalyptic Fiction Brushing Up Against the Avant-Garde
Katniss in Heat: Hysterical Pregnancies and Judeo-Christian Moral Illuminations as they Relate to Biological Phenomenology; also, the Urgency of Jimmy Fallon
The Possibilities/Limitations of Art-Medium Mutations: Can A Film Shape-Shift into the Page Space of Keatsian Enjambment?; Or, Ode on a Grecian Urn
The Espousal or Theoretical Elimination of Resortwear as a Practical Application of Lacan's Concept of the Lamella as the Tributes Pass Through the Mirror Phase: What Would Lee Edelman Say?


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The Intercollegiate Dressage Association has officially begun, and Region D kicked it off with a two-day double header show hosted by Michigan State University. Albion College dressage riders made up two teams out of the total nine that were there to compete for points, which will ultimately pave the way to IDA Nationals at the end of the year. A few Albion College school horses also made the trip to help provide enough mounts for all the competitors.
On Saturday, a number of the Albion riders placed within the top three at their respective levels. First-year Grace Tsangaris (Ann Arbor/Washtenaw Technical Middle College) swept her upper training level class with a 68.93% and won first place. Freshman Elizabeth Neustadt (Bloomfield Hills/International Academy) was awarded second place for her ride at introductory level. Sophomore Emma Stapley (Rockford/Rockford) took third place in upper training level. And team captain Paige Gustafson (Dexter/Dexter) put in a strong performance at first level to earn third place, too. By the end of the first day, Albion's team A had won fourth place overall, and team B was awarded sixth place.
The second day of competition continued with more notable highlights from the Briton riders. Gustafson pulled off another third place finish at first level, as did Neustadt at introductory level. Junior Kayleigh Harvey (Ada/Forest Hills Eastern) got an impressive 67.61% to win first place in lower training level. As the show wrapped up, Albion's team A was awarded sixth place and team B won eighth place.
"We had a great weekend," says Gustafson, "and we all worked like a great team to take care of our horses."


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WHO: MARYLAND VOLUNTEER ATTORNEYS. Interested attorneys not barred in Maryland must become specially authorized to practice pro bono in the Tenant Volunteer Lawyer of the Day (TVLD) Program (contact Sydney Dunning, Esq. at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information). This project is SUITABLE FOR NEWLY ADMITTED attorneys and those seeking civil litigation practice.
WHAT: Volunteer attorneys will counsel tenants summoned to court that day on topics including court procedures, available defenses, the eviction timeline, rent escrow, and rent abatement. After brief one-on-one consultations, volunteer attorneys will appear with tenants at their hearings. As appropriate, volunteer attorneys may assist tenants in negotiations with their landlords or their representatives. They may also provide follow up advice regarding rent escrow and requesting a housing inspection. Volunteer attorneys will only provide limited scope, day-of-court services; they will not provide continuing legal representation. FREE training, malpractice insurance coverage, mentoring, and support are provided to all Project volunteers.
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Thanksgiving dining options in the Boston area 2013
Looking to get out of the kitchen this Thanksgiving? Let these Boston area restaurants do all the cooking while you kick back and relax. Whether it's heirloom apple pancakes for brunch, traditional turkey for dinner, or pecan pie with cinnamon ice cream for dessert, these local chefs have your Turkey Day spread covered.
Please call all restaurants ahead of time to confirm pricing and availability.
Located in Boston's Seaport District, 75 on Liberty Wharf is celebrating Thanksgiving with a special three-course prix fixe meal. Choose from a spread of starters, entrees, and desserts, with options such as oven-roasted turkey, harvest pumpkin bisque, and rum raisin pudding.
11:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. $55 per adult. 220 Northern Ave., Boston, 617-227-0754, 75onlibertywharf.com.
Cambridge's ArtBar, located in the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge, will serve up a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with roasted organic Misty Knoll turkey, brioche stuffing, butter whipped Yukon mashed potatoes, and a selection of holiday pies and treats.
11:30 a.m. – 9 p.m., $55 for adults, $20 children, under 3 eat for free. ArtBar, 40 Edwin Land Blvd., Cambridge, inside Royal Sonesta Hotel. 617-806-4200, fireplacerest.com
Dinner at Asana in the Mandarin Hotel this year includes a menu of a la carte appetizers like mushroom soup and crab salad, a live carving station with slow cooked prime rib and roasted turkey, and a chef's table of desserts like spiced rice pudding, maple crème brûlée, and sweet potato cream éclair.
Noon – 7 p.m., $89 per person, $38 per child. 776 Boylston St., Boston, inside the Mandarin Oriental Boston. 617-535-8888, mandarinoriental.com/boston/fine-dining/asana
Leave the Thanksgiving cooking up to chef Robert Tobin at Aura restaurant at the Seaport Hotel. Brunch will include Thanksgiving favorites, traditional brunch fare, and other autumn classics including pumpkin chestnut soup, corn bread pudding, and whipped sweet potatoes.
11 a.m. – 3 p.m. $71 for adults, $25 for children (ages 7-14), children 6 and under free. One Seaport Lane, Boston, 617-385-4300, aurarestaurant.com.
Beacon Hill Bistro
The restaurant in the Beacon Hill Hotel is offering to do the work for you this Thanksgiving with a multi-course holiday feast and optional wine pairing. Menu items include duck liver mousse, braised local lamb, and spice roasted delicata squash.
1 p.m. – 10 p.m., $61 per person, optional wine pairing $29 per person, reservations necessary. 25 Charles St., Boston. 617-723-7575, beaconhillhotel.com
Maxim Lubarsky, Jamie Stewardson, and Tammy Scheffer will perform live jazz sets as guests enjoy items like parsnip soup with spicy pumpkin seed pesto, wild mushroom and truffle stuffing, or grass-fed rack of lamb.
Thanksgiving day menu: 11 a.m. – 10 p.m., leftover menu: 10 p.m. – midnight. 541 Tremont St., Boston, 617-423-0069, beehiveboston.com.
Bistro du Midi
Executive chef and partner Robert Sisca is offering Bistro du Midi's regular lineup of award-winning Provençal dishes, as well as three Thanksgiving specials: lentil soup with applewood-smoked bacon and thyme creme fraiche, slowly cooked turkey ballotine, and a pumpkin cornmeal tart with goat cheese ice cream.
Thanksgiving reservations available 3 p.m. – 8 p.m.. 272 Boylston St., at The Heritage on The Garden. 617-426-7878, bistrodumidi.com
Boston Chops
This will be the steakhouse's first Thanksgiving celebration — and with items on its three-course menu featuring filet mignon with root vegetable hash, roasted Misty Knolls turkey with spiced cranberry and fig chutney, and spiced pumpkin cream pudding, it looks like it will be a good one.
Noon – 8 p.m. $69 per person. 1375 Washington St., Boston. 617-227-5011, bostonchops.com/
BOKX 109 American Prime, located in Hotel Indigo, will be offering a customizable five-course prix-fixe menu from chef Stephen Coe. Entree options include pesto-glazed salmon and roasted, stuffed, confit leg of turkey. Make sure to save room for white chocolate & pumpkin cheesecake with maple cream.
11 p.m. – 3 p.m. $55 per adult, $15 per child under 12. 399 Grove St,. Newton, 617-454-3399, newtonbokx.com.
City Landing
Chef Bill Brodsky has created a special four-course prix fixe menu including butternut squash ravioli with duck confit, slow-roasted brined turkey breast, and pumpkin cheesecake.
Noon – 9 p.m., $62 per person, $20 per child. 255 State St., Boston. 617-725-0305, www.citylanding.com
At Davio's Thanksgiving Dinner, the turkey is of the oven-roasted, Vermont free-range organic variety. Holiday favorites abound, like sauteed green beans, challah bread herb stuffing, and homemade apple pie. There's also a turkey leftovers sandwich available to-go.
Noon – 8 p.m., $47 for meal, $10 for desserts, $15 for children under 12, and $13 for 'Tomorrow's Turkey Sandwich.' 75 Arlington St., Boston. 617-357-4810, www.davios.com/bos
Chef Christopher Coombs and his team are ready to do all the cooking on Thanksgiving. They have crafted a three-course prix fixe menu with dishes including traditional butter roasted Misty Knolls Farms turkey, braised bone-in Beef "short'' rib, and more. Choose between chocolate ganache or pumpkin spice cheesecake for dessert.
Noon – 8 p.m. $75 per person. 371 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, 617-517-5915, deuxave.com.
The Fireplace Restaurant
What better way to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal than next to a roaring open fire? Reservations are highly recommended for The Fireplace Restaurant's Turkey Day meal, which includes a raw seafood bar, cider-glazed turkey, and three different kinds of stuffing. And if you place orders by Sunday, Nov. 24, you can even pick up your Turkey Day spread ahead of time by ordering from their Thanksgiving to-go menu. Both offer gluten-free meals.
11 a.m. – 9 p.m. 1634 Beacon St., Brookline. 617-975-1900, ireplacerest.com
Harvest in Harvard Square will offer a three-course prix fixe with an additional wine pairing. There will be sage and sweet potato gnocchi, Broken Arrow Ranch axis venison, roasted chestnut and marscapone ravioli, and more.
$68 per person, $15 for half-glass wine pairing, $25 for full glass pairing. 44 Brattle St. 617-868-2255, harvestcambridge.com
Legal Harborside
Legal Harborside's three-course feast includes seafood items like seared scallops and Loch Duart salmon, as well as traditional fall items like butternut squash bisque and, of course, turkey from Misty Knoll Farms. The menu will be presented on the restaurant's second level, which has grand views of Boston Harbor.
Noon – 8 p.m., $60 per person. 270 Northern Ave., Boston. 617-477-2900, legalseafoods.com
Join L'Espalier for a Thanksgiving feast featuring sophisticated and modern New England cuisine. Owner/chef Frank McClelland offers a prix fixe menu and a degustation menu with turkey from his own Essex farm, Apple Street Farm.
11:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. for lunch, 5:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m., for dinner. 774 Boylston St., Boston 617-262-3023, lespalier.com.
Executive Chef Alastair Mclean's Thanksgiving brunch buffet will be offered, including three raditional carvings: apricot & clove-glazed ham, pepper berry-rubbed brisket, and maple brined turkey. Kentucky bourbon pecan pie, Dutch apple pie, and pumpkin cheesecake are just some of the offered desserts.
11 a.m. – 2 p.m., $39 per person, $20 per child aged 4-15, free for 3 and under. 1360 Worcester St., Natick, inside The VERVE – Crowne Plaza Hotel. 508-416-1352, thepantrynatick.com
Restaurant dante
Chef Dante de Magistris and his team are putting an Italian spin on Thanksgiving dinner this year, with items like wild mushoom tart with goat cheese, frisee, mizuna and aged balsamic, roasted duck with sour cherries, and sirloin steak with gorgonzola dolce stuffed pear.
5:30 p.m. – 10 p.m., $69 per person. 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, inside the Hotel Sonesta. 617-497-4200, restaurantdante.com
Russell House Tavern
The three-course prix fixe dinner at Russell House from executive chef Tom Borgia has an optional beer and/or wine pairing from bar manager Sam Gabrielli. The meal includes options like heirloom carrot risotto, cider-braised short rib, and pecan pie with cinnamon ice cream.
11 a.m. – 8:30 p.m., $45 per person, +$18 for optional wine/beer pairings. 14 JFK St., Cambridge. 617-500-3055, russellhousecambridge.com
Strega Prime
Strega Executive Chef Farouk Bazoune is offering several a la carte specials for Thanksgiving, including endive and pear salad, braised short rib, veal porterhouse, and turkey two ways.
Noon – 9 p.m., a la carte pricing. 100 Sylvan Rd., Woburn. 781-933-3333, stregaprime.com
Turner Fisheries is celebrating Thanksgiving with a buffet that includes cold and hot food selections, chef-attended carving stations, and dessert. Buffet options include roasted turkey with with sausage cornbread stuffing, slow roasted prime rib of beef with natural jus, an assortment of sea food, and more. Indulge on miniature pastries, tortes, cheesecakes, and pies for dessert.
11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. $69 per person, $20 per person for children ages 5-12 and children under 4 eat free. 10 Huntington Ave., Boston, 617-424-7425, turnersboston.com.
The Westin Waltham Boston
The Waltham hotel will have a la carte items and a three-course dinner. Dishes include butternut squash soup, cider-poached arctic char, and roasted pumpkin risotto.
11:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. for lunch, 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. for dinner. $55 per person for dinner. 70 Third Avenue, Waltham. 781-290-5600, westin.com/waltham.
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The big announcement in August will be for a new Nikon D4 and D400 DSLR cameras. The Nikon D700 replacement will probably be announced at a later date, maybe even in 2012. I know that this is not the news most of you want to hear, but it actually makes perfect sense because the Nikon D3 was announced together with the D300 back in August of 2007. Nikon is a very methodical company and if the D3 and D300 pro level DSLRs are on a 4 years life cycle, the D700 should be replaced in 2012 since it was announced in 2008. Nikon also likes to announce higher end models before using the same tech in a low end versions (for example 12MP DX sensor in D300->D90, 16.2MP DX sensor in D7000->D5100, 12MP FX sensor D3->D700), so don't expect the Nikon D700 replacement to come out with a better technology before the D4. The D300s replacement will probably use the new 24MP sensor from Sony which further confirms this rule.
Another question here is: does the "S" update count as a replacement? The D3 and the D300 were "replaced" by the D3s and D300s but for the most part those were just minor updates. The D3s and D300s were announced in 2009, approximately two years after the D3/D300. There was never a D700s. Maybe there is still a possibility for a deviation of the D700 this year (let's say D700s: D3s sensor + video), but my source was clear that the "real" D700 replacement will come out in 2012.
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By: Jacob Elyachar, jakes-take.com Welcome to Jake's Take's New Music Releases! We have a lot of music to unpack, so let's get this party started! Suncity by Khalid One year ago, Khalid transformed the R&B/Soul world with his epic debut album, American Teen. His debut album featured massive hits such as "Location" and "Dumb, […]
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So I just downloaded all the rar files for Xianjian 4, have them unpacked, change my "system locale" language to Mandarin, but when I try to run PAL4.exe, I got the following application error:
"The application was unable to start correctly (oxc000000d). Click OK to close the application.
I'm running it on Windows 7.
Any thoughts?
Xian Jian Qi Xia Zhuan sequels (and prequel) for PAL. Check this out for information, news, pictures and share your opinions!
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Re: 0xc000000d?
Quick search online shows that the game is only compatible with 2000/XP/Vista. Sorry
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Re: 0xc000000d?
Indeed. I thought some of the "compatibility" features of Windows 7 might overcome. Fail Microsoft. Fail.
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Re: 0xc000000d?
thats not true. Im having the same problem now but i played this game on win7 once and Im pretty sure some of my chinese friends are also currently playing it now on win7.
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Re: 0xc000000d?
the cracked version works well with windows 7 but the legit version does not. same goes PAL2/3/3A.
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DS|Sketch3D is an add-on to SketchUp, the world's most popular and readily available 3D modeling tool. For DynaSCAPE users, there will be an export to SketchUp format right from DS|Design for an easy transition from the 2D world into the 3D world.
For both DynaSCAPE users and AutoCAD designers, there are tools to make this transition quick and painless. Anyone using SketchUp can create beautiful 3D models by making use of a huge library of landscape-specific 3D components crafted by DynaSCAPE specifically for SketchUp. These components include plants, ponds, pools, rose arbors and more!
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Trimble SketchUp Plugins – Links to many different plugins for SketchUp on the Trimble website.
Ruby Scripts for SketchUp – This Google page provides a description of Ruby scripts and instructions on how to install them.
Great Texture Websites for SketchUp – this links to Landscape Architect John Pacyga's blog where he has compiled a huge list of texture websites.
Other Sites for Plugins for SketchUp
Smustard.com – a great source for free and paid-for plugins to perform a variety of tasks.
Recommended Plugins
1001bit_freeware_v1.0.5.rbz – free from 1001Bit Tools For creating hip roofs as well as rafters, joists, spiral stairs etc.
Roof.rb – free from the Ruby Depot – For creating 5 different styles of roofs, allowing you to quickly model your house (for SketchUp 2013 or older).
Randor.rb – purchase for $3 from Smustard.com – Great for randomly rotating and scaling trees so they don't all look identical.
Pathcopy.rb – free from Smustard.com – Allows you to copy groups or components along a path.
Drop.rb – this is a free plugin that will help you place components on a surface. This plugin is especially helpful to drop many components (i.e. plants) onto a surface that is not completely flat. It allows you to do this simply with the right-click of the mouse then choosing 'drop at intersection'. Please note: this tool will not appear in the Plugins folder, but will appear when you right-click on a component or a group of components.
Rendering Software Links
SketchUp Tutorial Links
Great Books for Learning SketchUp
This book illustrates a holistic approach to SketchUp: how it works and more importantly, what to do with it. Filled with tutorials from front to back, the book focuses on the start and completion of projects that include rich detail and expression. Each part and chapter of the book builds on the previous chapters and tutorial. You will learn how to approach modeling site plans, buildings and site elements: from modeling each of these exterior environment elements to piecing them together to generate a singular and expressive model. The book culminates with tutorials demonstrating effective and simple ways to include grades and terrain using the Sandbox tools and how best to integrate the entire approach with AutoCAD and SketchUp. Also included are links to supplemental on-line resources such as YouTube tutorials and free tutorial and example models from 3D Warehouse. The book is useful for all SketchUp proficiency levels including beginners, hobbyists, and professionals.
Where to buy: Amazon.com, Wiley Publishing
Google SketchUp 8 For Dummies By Aidan Chopra
Whether you need to learn 3D modeling for business or you're just eager to see what you can create, Google SketchUp and Google SketchUp 8 For Dummies are for you. Available in both a free hobbyist version and a full-featured professional version, SketchUp explodes the myth that 3D modeling software must be complicated to learn and use. This book will take you step by step through downloading and using both versions on both Mac and Windows. There are even video walkthroughs on the companion Web site.
- This guide explains both the free and professional versions for both Windows and Mac
- Covers the basic concepts of 3D modeling and how to build a 3D model, print or share your work online, export your drawing to another design package or Google Earth, and create a detailed set of plans
- Companion Web site features video walkthroughs
- Google SketchUp 8 For Dummies gets you up and running with 3D modeling quickly and easily.
Where to buy: For Dummies Store
3DVinci – Google SketchUp Books for Design Professionals
Comprehensive, hands-on SketchUp training, made easy with our detailed, clear, easy-to-follow format.
Their step-by-step, illustrated exercises will teach you every aspect of SketchUp, from the basic drawing and editing tools to components and groups, working with materials and digital images, presentation, animation, Google Earth, and more. These books will make it easy for you to start designing like a pro!
Where to Buy: 3DVinci Website


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News Briefs
GMG Weight Room The GMG wieght room will be open Monday thru Thursdays, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. starting Monday, November 7.
Gladbrook Jr. Auxiliary The Gladbrook Jr. Auxiliary will meet on Sat., Nov. 19th, 9:30 at Westbrook Acres. Sherry Scarf, Melissa Sienknecht, and Jill Baumeier are in charge. You will be making Christmas favors for the Senior Citizens dinner in December. Lisa, Jackie, and Cynthia are in charge of the Candlelight Christmas Program for Dec. 14th.
Veterans Day Program The Gladbrook Legion Auxiliary is hosting a Veterans Day Program at Westbrook Acres on Fri., Nov. 11th, at 2 p.m. Each veteran will be honored. After the program, coordinated by Americanism Chairman Lisa Reinhard, refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Gladbrook Legion & Auxiliary The Gladbrook Legion & Auxiliary Veterans Day Celebration will be held on Tues., Nov. 22nd, at 6:30 at the Memorial Building. Bring a covered dish and your table service. Legion State, District and County Commanders will be our guest. Program will be by the attendees and volunteers on the Honor Flight. Hostesses are Trudi Scott, Deb Harre, and Kathy Herink.
KIDS SHOPPING DAY! KIDS, come to "THE GLADBROOK CHRISTMAS STORE", located in the MEMORIAL BUILDING to find great Christmas gifts for your family! There will be something for everyone. The store will BE OPEN from 9:00 – 2:00 on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10th. Items are donated by the good folks in Gladbrook. There will be N0 exchange of MONEY in our store! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
UMC BAKE SALE United Methodist Church is baking for you! While you're checking out Gladbrook's "Holiday Fest" on SAT., NOV. 19th, stop at the City Center's THEATER LOBBY for a large choice of scrumptious holiday treats. We'll be there from 9:00 – 3:30. You will find plenty of goodies ready for you to enjoy that day, and/or put in the freezer for the upcoming holidays. See you there!
Gladbrook Gals & Guys Tama County Humane Society Fundraiser The Gladbrook Gals and Guys 4-H Club will be hosting a Tama County Humane Society community fundraiser on Sunday, November 13, 2011, at the Gladbrook Memorial Building. From 11:00 am until 2:00 pm, a pasta bar dinner, with various pasta options, will be available for a free will donation. Adoptable dogs and cats from the Tama County Humane Society will available on site to visit. Feel free to bring donated items, including cat and dog food, treats, toys, and cat litter, for the Humane Society. Come support your local animal shelter on November 13th!
Gladbrook Women's Club Holiday Happenings The Gladbrook Community Women's Club will host their annual Holiday Happenings Monday, November 21, at the Gladbrook Memorial Building. Diner begins at 6:30 p.m., musical program by local talent. Limited tickets available from any member or call (641) 473-2087 or (641) 473-2528 before November 10. Cost of tickets is $15.
Gladbrook Trees Forever Gladbrook Trees Forever reminds residents to slowly apply 5 gallons of water weekly to newly planted trees.
Siren Testing Garwin Fire Department will test the warning sirens on the 3rd Monday of the month. This will be a year-round policy.
Library Coffee Time Stop in and join us every Friday afternoon at the Gladbrook Public Library at 2 p. m. for coffee and conversation. We might even discuss a book or two. Bring a friend and hopefully brighten your day and ours!! Pat & Karen


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Pope: Scripture Should Lead to 'Personal Encounter With the Lord of Life'
Benedict XVI focuses on Psalm 119 during Nov. 9 general audience.
VATICAN CITY (EWTN News/CNA)—Pope Benedict XVI spoke today about Psalm 119 as a wonderful discourse on the breadth and depth of man's relationship with God.
The Psalmist's song "voices the range of sentiments which fill the hearts of those who pray: praise, thanksgiving, trust, supplication and lament, all within the context of a heartfelt openness to the Lord's word," the Pope said.
He explained to the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for the Nov. 9 general audience that the Psalm is "an acrostic" – an ancient poetic structure in which each stanza contains eight verses and begins with a different letter from the 22-word Hebrew alphabet. These 22 stanzas also make the Psalm the longest in the Bible.
"This is a very challenging and original literary construction, in which the author of the Psalm had to deploy all his skills," said the Pope, "but what is more important for us is the central theme of this Psalm."
This theme was the Psalmist's proclamation of "his love for God's Law, which brings light, life and salvation," recounted in his "solemn celebration of the Torah, the Law of the Lord."
It is a Psalm "pervaded by the certainty of divine grace and the power of the word of God," such that even the verses most marked by suffering and darkness remain "open to hope and are permeated with faith."
"The Psalmist's faithfulness arises from listening to the word, from keeping it in his heart, meditating upon it," the Pope taught, drawing a parallel with the Virign Mary, who "'treasured in her heart' the words addressed to her, the marvelous events in which God revealed himself and asked for her response of faith."
When Christians pray this Psalm, they see Mary as the model of the same "loving docility to God's will and in Jesus the fulfillment of the Law," said the Pope.
This is a dynamic relationship, he explained, where the word of God is "listened to with obedience but not servility, with filial trust and awareness," which brings about a "personal encounter with the Lord of life."
As an example of such an encounter, the Pope focused in on the Psalm's verse 57, which proclaims, "The Lord is my portion; I promise to keep your words."
He explained how the term "portion" refers to "the partition of the Promised Land among the tribes of Israel, when the Levites were given no part of the territory because their 'portion' was the Lord himself." Among the 12 tribes of Israel, only the tribe of Levi could not own land because it was tasked with specific religious duties.
These verses, said the Pope, have particular resonance today for Catholic priests "who are called to live from the Lord and from his word alone, with no other guarantees, no other wealth, and having him as their one source of true life."
"It is in this light," he said, "that we can understand the free choice of celibacy for the Kingdom of heaven, which must be rediscovered in all its beauty and power."
At the same time, the Psalm speaks to all the Christian faithful, who are "called to experience the radical nature of the Gospel, to be witnesses of the life brought by Christ, the new and definitive 'High Priest,'" Pope Benedict said.
This morning's ceremonies concluded with Pope Benedict being given honorary citizenship in the village of Naz-Siaves, the birthplace of his great-grandmother, Elisabeth Maria Tauber, and his grandmother, Maria Tauber-Peintner. The small, German-speaking village is situated in the northern Italian province of Bolzana, near the Austrian and Swiss borders.


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Phone directory of Sankt-Peterburg, sorted by street names
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For the second straight year, Hope College has a volleyball All-American. Hope senior Jacie Fiedler of Richmond, Ill. (Richmond-Burton HS) has been named a second team Division III All-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVBCA) in advance of the NCAA championships this weekend in St. Louis, Mo.
The middle blocker led the Flying Dutch to a co-championship in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) and a berth in the NCAA Division III tournament. During the season she was named the national AVBCA Division III player-of-the-week. Co-captain of the team, she was named to the All-MIAA first team for the second year in-a-row.
Teammates Greer Bratschie, a sophomore setter from Grand Rapids (East Grand Rapids HS), and Cassidy Bulthuis, a senior outside hitter from Nunica (Spring Lake HS), received honorable mention All-America recognition.
Fiedler becomes Hope's third volleyball All-American joining Andrea Helminiak who was honored in 2009 and her coach Becky Schmidt who was the first Hope player to receive the honor in 1998.


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I can be sensitive. Impatient. I am often prone to hyperbole. Sometimes I jump to conclusions and become unnecessarily defensive. So tell me if I'm off my rocker here.
Today I took H to our class at a local parenting center. The center that I walked into while pregnant and declared the Parenting Theme Park. It's a high-end baby gear store, and they also offer prenatal and mom-and-baby classes for overthinking parents. In truth I love this place and have been blissfully spending lots of time there since before H was born. The classes are great -- lots of fun activities for the babies and time for the moms to meet and share war stories. I've met a bunch of great women this way.
Anyway, today we walked in and the others were already sitting discussing naps, namely the consolidation of two naps to one -- when, how, etc. I got us settled and mostly listened to the conversation, since H and I aren't there yet. At the end, I offered up the fact that I'd done a sleep consult through this center (more on this another time) when we'd had transitional sleep issues in the past and had found it enormously helpful since an actual expert tailors a plan to your child's needs. The woman who'd brought up the topic in the first place with regard to her son looked at me squarely and said, defensively, "See, I don't really think that we have a problem." Okay, then.
Twenty minutes later, we had the kids at a water table the teacher had set up with sudsy water and bath toys. Another mother in the class watched as her son removed a full cup of water from said table, turned around and dumped it on my lap. And then said nothing. I gave her plenty of opportunity, too. I said, "Oh, gee, that was a lot of water on my lap." Not a peep.
People. Am I the insane one?
I don't know what it is, but becoming a mother does often, unfortunately, seem to bring out the crazy in people. Mainly what I see in these parts is an unfortunate testament to all those negative stereotype monikers floating out there: Sanctimommies. Martyr Mommies. Mompetition. It seems like all this choice-making to stay at home has created a new monster of competitive women with a lot of latent energy from their formerly driven career lives to now dedicate, solely and completely, to raising the perfect specimen. And to show how brilliant they are at mothering by demonstrating how everyone else fails to measure up.
Case in point: A woman I'll call Jane, from one of my mom & baby classes early on. I knew Jane was trouble from day one. It's sort of hard to describe how she slowly tortured us all with her nonstop oneupmanship and conversation-hogging blather. But oh, she bugged. Anyway, friends of mine have since run into her in random kid-centered venues. What she does when you see her "off-campus" is, she comes right up to you. Doesn't say hello. And simply says, "Is so-and-so walking/talking/reciting Shakespeare/playing Mozart yet?" and then proceeds to tell you how her little darling is.
Another case in point: A friend of mine recently met another mom in a social setting. They talked about a play date, given that their children were of similar age. But then crazy mom found out that my friend only has one child. Apparently she prefers to consort exclusively with moms who have kept pace with her output and have two children. So, no play date for you!
Okay, it's true, the vast majority of moms I've met have been wonderful women that are quite supportive and nonjudgmental. Maybe it's because I spent so much time and energy watching other women with babies, wanting what they had, that I zero in on this kind of BS and have such little tolerance for it. It annoys me (I am just figuring this out now while I write) because I feel it's distracting from the real mission. I don't want to play the game. I just want to keep my child healthy and try and enjoy the ride.
Motherhood is hard, sisters. It's exhausting and it can be hard to get measurable feedback on how you're doing from the person who really matters. So really, unless you're intentionally (or through lazy neglect) doing something harmful to your child, who am I to judge whether you're giving him the exact right proportion of meat to vegetable today?
I have no idea if any of this is coherent, but how 'bout that for a rant? I can't even blame hormones.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Mother Lode
I can be sensitive. Impatient. I am often prone to hyperbole. Sometimes I jump to conclusions and become unnecessarily defensive. So tell me if I'm off my rocker here.
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Monday, February 14, 2011
Another Holiday Down the Toilet
In the fine tradition of the past few months, I'm spending another holiday in the bathroom.
Not that we had any Valentine's Day plans anyway. So, why not?
Stomach bug and/or food poisoning has hit our house. Woke up at 3 a.m. Sunday morning to find husband in downstairs bathroom. Was actually annoyed (I know -- I'm not winning any wife of the year contest) that he was getting sick, since we had things to do! People to see! that day. Until I started feeling the nausea about an hour later. And then the diarrhea. And then the body aches and chills -- and then, oh, woe to me, I threw up, which is like the Worst. Possible. Thing that can ever happen to me. Still so sick today. Thank Gd for my parents, who came yesterday to pick up H for the night. Although I felt like the worst mother ever -- shouldn't I be able to overcome my own complaints for his sake? -- it was a lifesaver as neither of his parents was equipped to take care of anyone.
Meanwhile, H seems to be having "loose" GI action as well. It's confusing with him, because a) I'm pretty convinced that what husband and I have is food poisoning, since it's hard to think of what we ate on Saturday night without feeling the need to run to the toilet; and b) we just started him on milk last week, so I was aware that this might happen, especially since he does seem to have digestive issues when he has a large volume of yogurt and cheese.
The milk switch thing has been fairly rocky, and I'd love any helpful hints. Our pediatrician recommended switching to a cup (as in giving up the bottle completely) at the same time that we gave him the cow's milk (which we started last Tuesday). That was pretty much a non-starter. He'd drink a few sips, make a face and push it away. Even though he's been drinking water and formula from a cup for months now, and even though, we've since learned, he will take the milk in a bottle. Any negotiation tips on that front? And as far as the GI issues, my understanding is that they can come on several days after starting the milk (which they have), but usually resolve within 1-2 weeks. Should we just continue to watch it (as if we have any choice), especially given that we also possibly have a GI virus in the house?
Praying that we all are spending less time in the bathroom tomorrow, and that the next holiday (St. Patty's Day?) will please be GI-disturbance free.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
My Ute Makeover
Hysteroscopy a resounding success. My ute is as good as new.
Can't type much now, because I'm still having a hard time stringing words together. Percocet + valium made me love everyone for most of the day. Now I'm just foggy and having a hard time keeping my eyes open. Thank Gd for husbands who aren't afraid of quality time with the little one.
More later.
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Friday, February 4, 2011
Ctrl + Alt + Delete on My Ute?
Aunt Flo arrived on H's birthday.
A 32-day cycle.
Before I started IF treatment, after I went off the Pill (which I was on since the age of 18 since they suspected PCOS), I once waited eight months for a period. And even then I had to medically induce one. So a 32-day cycle is unheard of. Could it be that in this case, I'm on the good side of the odds, I'm one of those stories you hear about pregnancy hitting the reset button on your reproductive system?
I'm not getting carried away or anything. Obviously. Even if my cycle is regular and I'm ovulating now, I still have the Asherman's to contend with. I scheduled the office hysteroscopy (she's going to try to cut out the remaining adhesions in the office with the help of my friends valium, percocet and cervical block. Night night.) for next Thursday. Stay tuned.
Anyway, getting my period was a relief, because I was starting to think I was developing major anger management issues. At a wine tasting party we went to last weekend, I wanted to rip some guy's head off for making an obnoxious comment. Just an old-fashioned case of PMS. Although, in all fairness to me, the comment was, "I know which bottle of wine here is most expensive, because I brought it."
In other news, my husband is back from his business trip (he was away this week, which was not ideal considering he missed H's official birthday -- not that I can complain about such things, since he is by far the main breadwinner these days) and we're going to my parents' house to celebrate H's birthday tomorrow. There will be cupcakes, party hats, balloons, presents. I even got him a t-shirt for the occasion. I can't wait to see my little boy smash into a cupcake. I'm sorry, but life doesn't get any better than that.
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Happy Birthday, Baby
My sweet, sweet boy turns one tomorrow. The idea of this is kind of blowing my mind.
How is it possible that an entire year has passed since I lay in that hospital bed, blissed out with my squishy, warm, heavenly baby? I took one look at his perfectly innocent, sweet face (well, the first look that I really remember after I came out of my doped up c-section trauma) and realized that I knew both everything and nothing about this little being and how to take care of him. It was terrifying and exhilarating all at once.
Let's be real. I won't pretend baby poop doesn't stink. This first year hasn't been all mommy glow and baby bliss. Having a newborn is a grueling exercise in physical torture. I never knew you could feel fatigue in your bones like that. There are the whiny days, when the baby is just "off" and cranky, and you feel like calling the funny farm to see if they can send a car service for pickup. And I definitely think I have become a little bit dumber over the past year. I forget details, leave small objects in public places (two weeks ago I bought a pair of gloves at Target and lost them while doing errands the very next day) and am the least informed about world events as I've ever been.
But, oh. The joy. The heaven-on-earth that is your baby's laugh over a face you just made. The feeling of his warm head burrowed in the side of your neck -- the pride that you are the mother he needs you to be. Watching the milestones unfold before your eyes like a story you know has been told before, but is somehow full of new magic at that very moment. There have been many, many times throughout this year when I've looked around and thought that I must be getting away with something, I must have the best-kept secret, to have this be the way I'm spending my days.
Tonight, I feel gratitude. For the amazing doctors who helped me believe in the power of my dream of parenthood and deliver the medicine we needed to see it through. For the strength I somehow found, time and again, to keep hitting my head against the wall when nothing could guarantee me that it would end well. For all of my amazing blogger and IRL friends for cheering me on, and for never laughing at me when I asked stupid, rookie-mom questions. And most of all, for this delightful, miraculous, spirited child who has turned my life upside down in all the ways I'd hoped.
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Our last full day on Virgin Gorda came much too soon. This was The Baths day! We wanted to avoid the crowds and were at the top of the Baths around 8:30; the ticket window was not yet open, so we started on down the path.
The sun was shining… a beautiful day! Soon we met a couple walking up the path, and then I saw a two foot long brown snake crossing the path… I had read that non-poisonous snakes were on Gorda Peak, and I can unequivocally say that snakes are on the island… I wish I had gotten a pic! There are also some large brown lizards that turn blue around the island; the ones we saw were about 12-14 inches long.
This one was on a rock beside our cottage... who knows why he turned blue... the warm sun or because he saw me???
The path made for an easy trip down to the beach, and it had been freshly raked… very neatly! A park worker was continuing the raking at the bottom of the path when he was interrupted by a phone call; soon he was changing the caution flag to red… large swells today! No swimming in from the boats (there were only a few overnighters there) or from the beach.
This time of day provided some very good photo opportunities and the location was awesome.
To enter the Baths one crouches through an opening between these rocks… I made it into the first room, but decided that my balance issues would prohibit my going any further. My husband and maybe 4 or 5 other couples went in a short way but didn't stay long or go the entire route, only one young twosome went on.
A good map of the Baths is here: http://www.scubamom.com/bvi/thebaths/
More of our pix:
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Somewhat reluctantly we decided to move on and headed back up the path… not a bad climb.
Several cabs were unloading when we reached the top… going early was a good decision.
The copper mine ruins were on my list and that is where we headed next… not very far from us at all.
Seeing Virgin Gorda from different ends of the island provides interesting perspectives. The copper mines ruin sits right on a tip of the island. I had to wonder where else there copper might be found, and the miners from a century ago came to mind as well.
After the rain band of hard rain passed, our goal was one more lunch at Hog Heaven... definitely worth the trip! By the time we got there the rain had stopped; I grabbed a dry seat on the side and watched another rain band crossing to Sir Richard's place on Necker Island and moving toward Anegada where a couple we had met at Guavaberry had gone for the day. I could have sat there forever! My lunch was the same as the last time... BBQ sandwich and cole slaw... once again fantastic!
Later in the afternoon, we ventured down to Spring Bay again, this time, by using the public access path in the National Park instead of going across the rocks from Guavaberry's beach.
Someone had told me to watch out for the 4 foot waves when I played in the tidal pools. I know that Jost van Dyke has a Bubbly Pool and that some have been hurt there, but I really thought he was joshing.
The Crawl is a lovely small pool at Spring Bay.
On this day with swells it looked a little different. Not 4 foot waves, but visibly rough!
We really loved this beach!
One of our most interesting and delicious dining experiences this trip was CocoMaya in Spanish Town. It was after dark when we arrived and a few were at the bar and tables. Once again, the friendly serving crew made us feel very welcome and that they wanted us to have the best of times.
The crescent moon was hanging low; a gas fire pit on the beach was flickering; light music was playing; the rhythmic flow of the surf was heard… our table was inside, yet on the edge, by the beach, of the open room. Delightful!
We chose some tapas. And desert. All were very, very good and well presented. By the time we had finished, most tables were full, seemingly with "boat" people. Find this place in the daytime first… it isn't difficult, but there were not many lights in the parking area.
I apologize for the slides,bites, and blurs... not really!
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